Guide To Oven Parts

Your oven’s broil element is typically located at the top of your oven cavity and provides high temperatures between 500 to 550 °F. For fast results and full flavor, broiling is best for cooking thin-cut meats, like salmon, steak and chicken, or crisping vegetables and casseroles.

Oven racks are an essential part of any oven and give you the flexibility to adjust for baking, roasting and broiling. Positioning oven racks closer or farther from the heating elements can affect how foods cook and how you use your oven.

Baking elements provide all-over heating and can be found in the top, bottom and sometimes back of the oven cavity. These gas and electric oven parts typically operate with moderate temperatures between 250 to 375°F and are ideal for baked goods, pasta dishes, casseroles and more.

This oven part provides a convenient light inside your oven cavity to see food as it is cooking. Refer to your owner’s manual for specific instructions for changing your oven’s light bulb and the necessary wattage or check out this guide with 5 easy steps for replacing an oven light. Some oven lights need a 40 W halogen bulb, like this gas range from Maytag brand.

The hidden bake tray is an oven part that is sealed under the oven floor to protect it from drips and spills, like in this Maytag^® gas range.

Ovens release heat and moisture through the vent tube for proper circulation. These oven parts are typically located at the top of the oven cavity.

If you have a convection oven, a convection fan is located in the back of the oven cavity and circulates air for even temperatures and fast results, like in this Maytag^® gas range with True Convection.

The fan blade is a part of the convection fan and helps circulate air inside a convection oven.

The convection baffle encases the convection fan and is typically located in the back of the oven.

This gas oven part ignites the heating burner and is located in the back of the oven near the burner tubes.

Though only on select models, a warming drawer may be located at the bottom of your range and helps keep your meals warm and ready to serve. Some Maytag^® ranges are equipped with a Keep Warm^™ Setting that handles this directly inside the oven.

The oven door allows you to see inside the oven without opening it on ranges and wall ovens from Maytag. This helps prevent temperature fluctuations while baking, roasting or broiling.